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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2007I'm whineing tonight
It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I went to town with my son for about thirty minutes or so. When I got home, you would have thought it snowed in my bedroom. I turned on the light to fnd three cats digging in the foam like they were looking for live mice. Can save a few pieces to make sof pillows out of but that it all!!! I have no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the moment. > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. Poor Granby, I am so very sorry <snort> I realize how heartbreaking <giggle> this probably was to you and the blatant destruction of something you've saved for many months and anticipated having <snicker>. I'm really, truly not laughing at you Granby and I do understand exactly how you're feeling because I live with a Barnabus cat and I can *so* see this happening and in about a month you'll remember it with laughter. I won't send purrs and headbutts, you can probably do without feline sympathy right now, but I will send you my most calming thoughts. Julie Well (snicker this) it is already funny! as I filled a garbage bad with the pieces I saw three noses peeking around the door. I turned and growled at them and they went away again. Might as well laugh, what is done is done but never will I leave the bedroom open again when I am not here! Thanks for the (snickers) they help too....sometime. >> It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. >> I [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Julie > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. AAARRGGGHHH!!! What little brats! I saw your other post where you had decided to laugh at this, and I commend you, but it would have taken me longer to get over that one. A good night's sleep on a good mattress (or foam top on a mattress) is *so* important! And cats do seem to do whatever they can to ruin one's good sleep, don't they? If it's not tearing up your brand-new, three-months-of- hard-work's-pay mattress top, it's lying on your hip so you wake up in pain, or trying to stick their nose up your nostril, or jumping on your full bladder, or meowing loudly at the window (Smudge), or knocking a lamp on your head. But <muffled snicker> the scene that awaited you <snort> actually is a <chortle> pretty funny image <guffaw!!>. I'm sorry you'll have to start over again! But 3 months isn't really *that* long a time. Joyce I certaiinnnlllyy hope my back agress with the "3 months isn't that long idea". It really was funny. Since I don't see well, I was right up on them while they were digging and they didn't even notice I was there until I yelled!! > > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed > > topper. I [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Joyce > I certaiinnnlllyy hope my back agress with the "3 months isn't that long > idea". It really was funny. Since I don't see well, I was right up on them > while they were digging and they didn't even notice I was there until I > yelled!! Well, I find it interesting that *your* poor vision caused your cats not to notice you sneaking up on them! :) Joyce The way my house is, I can step around a corner and be right by the bed. They were just haveing too damn much fun was all. > > I certaiinnnlllyy hope my back agress with the "3 months isn't that long > > idea". It really was funny. Since I don't see well, I was right up on [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Joyce or .............. digging their teeth into your head & chewing your hair,waking you from a niiiiiice dream,that's Oreo! > > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed > > topper. I [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Joyce Not sleeping last night was enough for me!! I went to sams and got anotheer topper today. The cats have been moved out of that room except at night when I am there. They are unhappy, but then, so was I. The office has nice chairs and they take turns holding down the printer anyway. > or .............. digging their teeth into your head & chewing your > hair,waking you from a niiiiiice dream,that's Oreo! [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> >> Joyce > Not sleeping last night was enough for me!! I went to sams and got anotheer > topper today. The cats have been moved out of that room except at night > when I am there. They are unhappy, but then, so was I. The office has nice > chairs and they take turns holding down the printer anyway. Oh, good for you! OK, so you'll be eating Ramen noodles for 3 months, but you'll be sleeping!! :) Joyce > or .............. digging their teeth into your head & chewing your > hair,waking you from a niiiiiice dream,that's Oreo! We all have a routine now, where, when I'm getting into bed, all 3 of them (one by one, in their own time), get onto the bed with me. I read for a while, then get sleepy and turn out the light. The 3 of them are in their respective places, and peace reigns. At some point, I am awakened by loud meowing. It's Smudge, standing by my pillow, which just happens to be under the bedroom window, demanding to be let outside. At this point, I know that if I don't shut her out of my room, my sleep will be continually interrupted. So I get up and walk to the door. When she leaves the room, I shut the door. If either of the other two happens to jump off the bed and head toward the door, they're shut out, too. Those who remain on the bed are shut *in* the bedroom. That might sound mean, but read on. Roxy has a very charming way of letting me know she needs to leave the bedroom: she climbs on me and purrs into my ear. This is a much more pleasant way to be awakened than Smudge's yowling. As soon as it's clear I'm awake, Roxy jumps down and heads for the door. So I get up and let her out. I'm not sure exactly how Licky wakes me up, but at some point, I am awake and Licky is standing by the door. So, out he goes, and the door is closed, and I can spend the rest of the night in peace. It's the best of both worlds - some cuddle time with kitties early on, and then some alone time when I can stretch out as much as I need to, and don't end up with whining, demanding, heavy, or squabbling cats on the bed (or on me), where I actually get contiguous minutes of sleeping! :) Joyce > It's the best of both worlds - some cuddle time with kitties early on, > and then some alone time when I can stretch out as much as I need to, > and don't end up with whining, demanding, heavy, or squabbling cats on > the bed (or on me), where I actually get contiguous minutes of sleeping! :) I count myself lucky. Mir and Caliban usually sleep right through the night. In the evening, I read in bed for a while, and Mir usually follows me to bed almost imediately. She then walks all over the bed, kneading and purring her tiny purr. This doesn't bother me, because I'm still awake. Then she flops down with her head on my feet and her body pressed up against my legs. Caliban usually arrives after I turn off the light and settle down to sleep. I can hear him come stomping in the dark, I feel him jump onto the bed, and then I feel the bed rock violently as he gives Mir a thorough wash. ;) Then they both settle down and fall asleep. Mir never does anything to wake me up, unless you count the huge thump she can make when jumping off the bed - my slim little Mir can make a sound like a cannonball just rolled out of bed. She has often left by the time I wake up in the morning. Caliban usually sleeps until I wake up. He stretches and rolls around a little, then he and I get up together. But if I've slept exceptionally late, he comes and lays on top of me and kneads me and purrs. This is a Good Thing, since I need to take medicines at a certain time each morning.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > Caliban usually arrives after I turn off the light and settle down to > sleep. I can hear him come stomping in the dark, I feel him jump onto > the bed, and then I feel the bed rock violently as he gives Mir a > thorough wash. ;) LOL, perhaps your neighbors think you're having a racy night. :) But then again, you did say you lived on the first floor. I guess that's lucky. I guess Caliban "won" the power struggle as to who would be the giver of baths? That sounds really cute. Unfortunately the only intra-feline interactions that take place on my bed are squabbles, although generally they leave each other alone. Roxy and Licky sometimes play fight. Nobody grooms anyone else around here! Joyce > I guess Caliban "won" the power struggle as to who would be the giver > of baths? That sounds really cute. Oh, no, Mir has not given up her License to Groom. She will not only be on the receiving end. But in the evenings, it's usually Caliban who does the washing. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >It's the best of both worlds - some cuddle time with kitties early on, >and then some alone time when I can stretch out as much as I need to, >and don't end up with whining, demanding, heavy, or squabbling cats on >the bed (or on me), where I actually get contiguous minutes of sleeping! :) None of our cats sleep with me. Sometimes I miss that, and sometimes I don't. Cinder(RB) was glued to me at night. However, Lucy has the strangest way of waking me up. She is so gentle. She tickles my arm with her whiskers. It is so sweet. She does a faint meow sometimes. She is very soft spoken, and I don't think the meow by itself wakes me up all the time. The other girls do the normal headbutt/walk on your face type things. Lucy just has to be different. L. God night sleep and furballs never thought you could use those words in the same sentence ;-) I know how you fell Granby. I used to love leather chairs. When I was living on a tight budget years ago I saved up for almost a year to get a leather recliner. I brought it home used it for several days very comfortable. I left my office door open by accident by the time I came home. The recliner had been shredded on one side. I was in shock and here come one of my cats from than walked right up stretched out and began to sharpen its claws . I yelled at him what do you think you are doing he looked at me and went back to his business than walked calmly away after that no more leather. > > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed > > topper. I [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Joyce > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed > topper. I have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > out of but that it all!!! I have no idea where the fur balls are right > now, and frankly don't care at the moment. Oh no!!! Oh my goodness. I am thinking about getting one of these. A lot of people mention the smell when they first get them. I wonder if that provoked them. Remember, they are just cats and don't really know better. ((((hugs))))) They are woth the money. They have a cover and I fabrezed that fairly good and let it dry becuase of the smell. Have had it four months so don't think that was the issue. Just great fun to tear something up I would think. I love the thing, you sort of sink in and is warms up my back which sometimes hurts from lifting 20 ounce cases of soda. An age thing I know but it helps. >> It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. >> I have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > provoked them. Remember, they are just cats and don't really know better. > ((((hugs))))) > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment Speaking of foam -- I had decided to replace my foam pillow, so I casually just tossed it on the floor. TuTu immediately took charge of it. She loved it and slept on it for a few weeks. One day I noticed her belly fur was practically gone. It was from sleeping on that foam pillow (contact allergy) and the tummy skin was all red and irritated. I put the pillow in the garbage and her belly fur grew back. MLB they are all having a meeting and congratulating themselves, they had fun, they didn't get killed, and they get pillows for the couch, Lee > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. They would have explained to you that the greeblings were just too numerous to get at without destroying the foam. But we humans never listen. Will in New Haven -- I got a new one today, not sleeping last night was enough. They can take their greeblins into the office from now on!!! >> It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. >> I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -- > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. Oh no, what little rascals! *snort* I'm trying so hard not to laugh! But I feel for you, I really do. Jane You guys try and be so nice but you all have one problem, YOU REALLY NEED TO LEARN TO WIPE THE SMIRKS, SMILS etc. off yoour faces before you try and convince someone you feel for them. *snorkle* *giggle* *laugh*. I can't even yhell at you guys and better than I couold at the cats. Thanks for helping me see the "funny" side of this. >> It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. >> I [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jane > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. I know it's not really funny, but..... Until I got my first cat (shortly after I got my first apartment) I seldom bothered to make my bed in the morning. That changed quickly. > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. > I have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > all!!! I have no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly > don't care at the moment. I sympathise with you so much because you saved up for it, but my advice is, and has always been *do not allow cats in your bedroom* That is the one place in the house that my cats cannot go. Ever. Never. Tweed > I sympathise with you so much because you saved up for it, but my > advice is, and has always been *do not allow cats in your bedroom* > That is the one place in the house that my cats cannot go. Ever. Never. I'm afraid this advice will mostly fall on deaf ears in this newsgroup, Tweed. Most of us *like* to sleep with our kitties! And although I often end up tossing mine out of the bedroom at some point during the night, even I want to *start* the night off with feline company! Besides, keeping cats out of the bedroom doesn't safeguard your expensive stuff from damage, since most folks keep valuable items all over the house, not just in the bedroom. (Anyway, a couch costs more to replace than a mattress top. Not that I'm suggesting one deliberately sacrifice the mattress top to keep the cats happy and away from the couch. :)) Joyce I realized when I figured out declaw was wrong that I didn't really like cloth furniture anyway, Lee > > I sympathise with you so much because you saved up for it, but my > > advice is, and has always been *do not allow cats in your bedroom* [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Joyce >I realized when I figured out declaw was wrong that I didn't really like > cloth furniture anyway, Lee [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> mattress top. Not that I'm suggesting one deliberately sacrifice the >> mattress top to keep the cats happy and away from the couch. :)) Lets just ignore valuable items all over the house. My cats have never damaged any furniture or valuables. I just like to sleep on my own because I am a light sleeper; cats on the bed would wake me and I need to go to work 5/7. I have enough trouble sleeping without cats in my bedroom doing their nocturnal things and jumping on and off my bed. My bedroom is out of bounds. > Lets just ignore valuable items all over the house. My cats have never > damaged any furniture or valuables. I just like to sleep on my own because > I am a light sleeper; cats on the bed would wake me and I need to go to work > 5/7. I have enough trouble sleeping without cats in my bedroom doing their > nocturnal things and jumping on and off my bed. My bedroom is out of bounds. Oh, I know. And if I were as light a sleeper, I wouldn't let my cats sleep with me, either. (But I'd miss them!) But this thread started out because someone (senior moment, can't remember who, sorry!) allowed her cats into the bedroom, resulting in a destroyed mattress top made of expensive "memory foam". So I was addressing the "protect your furniture" argument against allowing cats into the bedroom. I do sympathize with the issue of cats interfering with sleep. Mine wake me up, and often cause me orthopedic pain by sleeping on me. And I have enough problems without cats! I usually wake up with pinched nerves in my neck (because I'm sleeping in some weird, twisted position that I did NOT start out in), and the pinched nerves cause numbness and often pain in my hand and arm. Add cats to the mix and it just gets worse. I've long suspected that they're getting kickbacks from my chiropractor. :) Joyce being a light sleeper would be an issue. I only sleep about 3/4 hours at a time but don't generally wake up during that time, Lee > >I realized when I figured out declaw was wrong that I didn't really like > > cloth furniture anyway, Lee [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > 5/7. I have enough trouble sleeping without cats in my bedroom doing their > nocturnal things and jumping on and off my bed. My bedroom is out of bounds. >>I realized when I figured out declaw was wrong that I didn't really like >> cloth furniture anyway, Lee [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >5/7. I have enough trouble sleeping without cats in my bedroom doing their >nocturnal things and jumping on and off my bed. My bedroom is out of bounds. The sleeping cat wakes and decides to have a scratch. Suddenly you feel as if you're sleeping in a cheap motel and someone put a quarter in the slot. Bud SignatureThe night is just the shadow of the Earth. >>>I realized when I figured out declaw was wrong that I didn't really like >>> cloth furniture anyway, Lee [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Bud LOL Maybe the bedroom isn't the best place for the cats but, as my husband died 16 months ago, I don't know hwo I could have made it without their company through some looonnngg nights. When nothing else helped, therir purring often was the calming thing between sleep or no sleep. Playing bed mice was the only thing I had to laugh about for many months. Things are getting better but they are still my friends so, I'll deal with their bad habits, once in awhile for the company. I just looked up at Willow bathing hrself on the printer, O.T. is trying to figure out how to shredd some papers and Piglet is sleeping, as usual in the softest chair. Bast does bless. >> It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. >> I have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tweed > Maybe the bedroom isn't the best place for the cats but, as my husband > died 16 months ago, I don't know hwo I could have made it without their [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > some papers and Piglet is sleeping, as usual in the softest chair. Bast > does bless. I had a husband die too. Tweed >>> It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed >>> topper. I have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> Tweed > Maybe the bedroom isn't the best place for the cats but, as my husband died > 16 months ago, I don't know hwo I could have made it without their company [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > better but they are still my friends so, I'll deal with their bad habits, > once in awhile for the company. I can really understand this. Years ago I went through a pretty traumatic relationship ending, after 15 years of living together. Roxy and Smudge made all the difference for me. (It also didn't hurt to have a bunch of wonderful friends, but generally speaking, the friends didn't climb into bed with me at night. :)) I know exactly what you mean about their purring being a calming influence, as well as their games. Roxy was still a kitten - she was less than 6 months old when the poop hit the fan. She was so adorable I would practically cry every time I looked at her. Smudge was more my ex-partner's cat, but I ended up with her - long story. I was so happy on the day when I found out I didn't have to give her up - she and Roxy were really close, and I'd started getting pretty attached to her myself. We were quite the threesome for several years, until I did the unforgivable and started fostering kittens. That's how I ended up with the black-and-white horror (from Smudge's perspective, although I, as well as certain cats on this newsgroup, will heartily disagree :)). And 16 months is just not a very long time, for healing after the death of your spouse. I'm sure your cats have been wonderful, and therapeutic, and fulfilling in their own right. I just looked up at Willow bathing hrself on > the printer, O.T. is trying to figure out how to shredd some papers and > Piglet is sleeping, as usual in the softest chair. Bast does bless. She does! Joyce if they couldn't come in the bedroom I wouldn't be any happier than they would, ours aren't allowed in the office or the TV room, everywhere else is fair game, Lee > > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. > > I have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tweed We all have rules, yours are no office or TV room, mine is my bedroom, that's the only place out of bounds. Once it was the whole upstairs <sigh> Tweed > if they couldn't come in the bedroom I wouldn't be any happier than they > would, ours aren't allowed in the office or the TV room, everywhere else [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Tweed that is the wonderful thing about cats, they will fit your life if you let them, Lee > We all have rules, yours are no office or TV room, mine is my bedroom, > that's the only place out of bounds. Once it was the whole upstairs <sigh> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >> > >> Tweed > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. Where's the picture? Pam S. who wanted to see a picture Sorry Pam, Lee and I have something in common when it comes to pictures, you might get out foot or the floor. >> It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. >> I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Pam S. who wanted to see a picture > It took me three months to save to buy the 4 inch memory foam bed topper. I > have left the bed uncovered many times while changing the sheets. Tonight I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > no idea where the fur balls are right now, and frankly don't care at the > moment. Oh no! 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